Sole-leveling machine.



IVI. T. DENNE.

SOLE LEVELING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 1. 1910.

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SOLE LEVELING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 1, 1910.

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SOLE LEVELING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED AUG. I, I9Io.

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M. T. DENNE. SOLE LEVELING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILD AUG. l. 1910. 1,176,740. Patented Mar. 28, 1916.

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THE COLUMBIA PLANQGRAPH C0.. wAsHlNirrDNY D. c,

soLE-LEVELING MACHINE.

.specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 28, 1916.

' Application filed August 1, 1910. p Serial No. 575,011.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it .known that I, MARK THOMAS DENNE, a subject of the King of Great Britain and Ireland, residing at Rushden, Northamptonshire, England, have invented new and useful Improvements Vin Sole- Leveling Machines to be Used in the Manufacturerof Boots and Shoes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to improvements in sole leveling machines to be usedin the manufacture of boots and shoes and one of its main objects is to enable three kinds of boots or shoes to be automatically leveled on a machine having a single leveling roller, viz. (l) those in which one side only of the waist portion of the boot is to be leveled at an angle compared with the surface of the sole at the forepart; (2*) those in which both sides of the waist portion are to be leveled at an angle to the surface of the sole at the forepart; and (3) thoseV in which the whole of the leveling of the forepart and Waist portion is to be in one plane, the means for adapting or adjusting the machine for automatically leveling any one of the said classes of. boots or' shoes to be under the control of the operator. Y

Another object of my invention is to provide a sole leveling machine having a single leveling roller with automatically operating means to so control said roller that the leveling of alternate right and left boots or shoesv in which one side only'of .the waist portion (usually the inside) is to be .leveled at an angle as compared with the sole at the forepart may be'automatically effected.

Although a single last support maybe em- I ployed with my improved machine it is machine whereby the lastA carrying jacks,

are successively moved into and out of posi- Vtion to be operated on by the leveling roller.

I also providemeans to support the boot or shoe onthejack to prevent undue strain of the last pin and its thimble.

To these ends my invention consists in a :machine wherein a single leveling roller is made to travel backward and forward over the sole and having automatically operating means whereby whenthe machine is operating on one boot or shoe the leveling roller may be made to tilt to one side at the desired time and will continue for a predetermined distance to operate in its tilted position on the boot or shoe and will then be made to resume the original position in which to complete the leveling operation, these various operations being repeated while the next succeeding boot or shoe is operated on withthe important exception that the automatic means will cause the tilting of the roller to be to the other side while the roller is operating on the sole. The means whereby such automatic tilting is brought about are capable of adjustment by the operator, so that he may set the machine so that the leveling roller after it has leveled one side Vof the waist at an angle will be made to automatically move or tilt in` such a way that it will then level the other side of the waist at an angle and after having accomplished this will automatically resume its original position to complete the operation of leveling. The means for bringing about this automatic tilting to one side or successively to both sides of the waist portion of the boot may be thrown out of operation, so that the leveling roller will operate in one plane only; the means for eifecting this being useful also to effect the reversing in the tilt of the roller should that be desirable. v

I also provide a heel clamp for securely holding the work and which clamp is put out of its operative position by depressing a treadle and into-operation by releasing such treadle. y

While I do not restrict myself to the particular means hereinafter to be described with reference to the accompanying drawings for attaining the above and other objects to bepointed out I will now proceed to describe a suitable construction of machine whereby the said objects may be attained. l

Referring to the accompanying drawj in sectionof one half of the jack carrying table. Fig. 2 is a section on line A-A Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan view of Fig. 1. Fig. 4

is a sectional side elevation of the mainV drive and the means whereby vibratory movement is imparted to the leveling tool r roller. Fig. 5 is a sectional side elevation showing the trunk vibrating and tilting mechanism and the means whereby forward and backward movements* are imparted to the carriage. Fig. 6 is a planpartly in section-oi portions of the mechanism for reciprocating the carriage and tilting the roller. Fig. 7 is a side elevation of the trip lever and mechanism for controlling the tilting motion'escapement. Fig. 8 is a side elevation of the gears and their switch lever whereby motion is imparted to the carriage. trunk and its fitting whereby tilting of the trunk is effected. Figs. V and 11 are side v elevation and plan respectively of the hand operated means for changing the length of travel of the carriage. Figs. 12 and 13 are a sectional side elevation and a plan view respectively of the means for imparting .rftary motion tothe jack carrying table;V

Figs. 14 and 15 are a side elevation and plan respectively on a larger scale of the means for tilting the roller; and Figs. 16 to 23 are detail viewsof the block or Vdisk and cooperating parts shown on the left of Fig. 6, removed from the machine.. Fig. 24

' shows a side elevation of the complete machine. Y Y

In said drawings, the numeral 1 (Fig. 1) indicates a rotatable table having a central column fitting in verticalbbearings at 2, 3 in the front portion of the frame, and supported on a ball thrust ring 4. Said table is provided with an upper bearing surface or slide 5, radiating from the axis of rotation of the table, upon which slides a carriage 6which is adapted to be moved to and fro to accommodate diti'erent sizes of boots or shoes. It is moved by means of a high pitch screw 7 and nut 8 revolved by handwheel 9. Slidable on and inthe same direction as Ysaid carriage 6 is a second movable carriage 10 the position ci which on the carriage 6 is controlled and may be regulated by a hand lever 11 mounted on the spindle of a pinion 12 which gears with a rack 13 at one sideof the carriage 6. The lever is set in position by a spring bolt 13a. The object of this adjustability of the carriage 10 onfthe carriage 6 is to enable the position of the lastpin to be adjustedwith'respect to the heel i clamp (to be afterward described) as it is found that the pin hole in different lasts varies in position to a considerable extent.`

Thelast pin is formed on a block 14 pivoted to a tube 15 and controlled by a springla so that it is normally upright `but Fig. 9 is an end view of the will yield laterally Vwhen the last is moved under the influence of the heel clamp to be described The object of this is tovtake the V to be adjusted to different heights of lasts;V

18 indicates `heel clamp levers which carry when the chain is pressed against the heel of the shoe they automatically close and Vgrip it. This construction also prevents any possibility oi' the clamps yielding sidewiseunder pressure and avoids 4undue strain being? put on the last pin and its thimble. The levers 18 are pivoted on a support 2O bolted in an adjustable Vmanner to an arm 21 which is mounted on a spindle carriedin'bearings onA the carriage 6..- The upper! part 2O may beV adjusted horizontally'at 22 to suit differentV lasts. Y. Y Y

The lower end of the arm 21.is`ma'de as a segment gearing with a wormv23 mounted on a spline shaft 24 in such a manner-that it at its end gearing with aV rack cutin a bar 26 sliding verticallyin bearings in the trunk Aof the table.1 the lower end oi' which bar rests on a. rearward extension of a treadle 27. As these bars, of Vwhich there are two,V

(one for each of the two shoe clamping mechanisms) Aare eccentric to the kcenter of` rotation of the revolving table, onlv one can contact at a time with the treadle. (See Fig.) Y 5 f l The toe of theshoe is supported ona pad 28 mounted on a vertically adjustable bai 29 which may be raised or lowered'by a a yoke 42 securedV to thefree end of an arm a chain -19 and are geared together so thatV Vmust rotate with it but is free tol slide J thereon. The spline shaft has a pinion 25j Vlas i 43', whose other end is pivoted on a pin 44. Y A

The arm carries a block 46 .fitting between cheeks 47 on a trunk 48,V which block andA cheeks serve to take the side strains ',when" the roller is operatingat an angle tothe plane of the sole. Y Y W Pressure is put upon the roll 40 bygone or more springs 51 carried von a. fitting52adjustably mounted on the trunk V48.A The spring or springs bear at theirrforward end on a fitting whichV has a ball shapedprojection engaged with-'a suitable fitti-ng on a bar 53 passing through the Varm43.V

The trunk 48 is supported on bearings 4:9 of a sliding carriage 50 in such a manner that the trunk may slidelongitudinally to a small extent and may be rocked orpartly rotated relatively to the carriage for the purpose hereinafter made evident.

The carriage 50 is .intended to move longitudinally forward and backward the leveling roller beingthereby made to travel completely along the sole and during such bodily forward and backward movement of the carriage and leveling roller the latter is intended to also 'have short vibratory movements whereby a better leveling and polishing or smoothing of the sole is to be attained. For the purpose of imparting such vibratory movements to the leveling roller I provide the carriage 50 with a bearing 56 in which a vertical shaft 55 is carried the upper end of which shaft is `provided with a Vcrank pinV (i4-which may `be provided with a'collar-enteringrand fitting between segmental flanges or cheeks 415 formed around the lower half `of the trunk/18,11 fairly rapid rotation of the shaft 55, acting through the crank pin 64, imparting short, vibratory movements to the trunk 48 and consequently to the roller 40.

.Rotary motion is imparted to the shaft 55 from a driving pulley 61 through bevel gears Y 57 one of which is fixed to said shaft and the other on ay shaft58. The shaft v58is carried at one end in' a bearing 579 on the car` Vriage. 50 and 1s made to travel 1n a hori-V zontal direction with the carriage by reason of the.. boss of its-bevelwheel 57 being on one side and a collar 62 fiXed'to it at .the

part rotarywhile permitting loifigitudinal movement ofthe shaft 58. Y Y

` The mechanism for bringing about the forward and backward travel of the carriage 50., -will now be described.` It comprises a worm l(Fig 5), fixed on or forming part of the shaft 55 andwhich gearsvwith twoV worm'wheelsfl mountedV on YVstuds 72 secured in the extension on thelnunderside of the mainV carriage. The worm wheels are revented from moving endwise'on'the studs Y 2 bya frame (not shown) fitting over their bosses. The bosses are provided with clutch teeth on their faces.and pinions73 having corresponding clutchteeth are also carried bysaid studs. These pinions are arranged :to gear into a rack 74 fixed on the mam frame and both said gears are alwayslnV engagement with it.V It will be evident that rotation of the worm 70 will drive both worm wheels, one being revolved in one di# with stops or dogs upon the stop rod to be presently described.

As shown in Fig. 8 the switch lever is tilted toward the .left and the left hand pinion 73 is in gear with its relative worm Wheel 71 so that a clockwise rotation of the worm 70 will move the carriage, trunk and roller to the left. Should the switch lever be made to tilt over to the other side the right hand pinion will be made to be operativev and the carriage will be moved toward the right. When the carriage 50 is near the end of its backward or Vreturn movement (2'. e. toward the left in the drawings) the projection76 (indicated by c in Figs-10 and 11) will pass over and depress a spring pawl 123a and then contact with a spring operated lever 120. The spring operating said lever is strong enough to normally tilt the switch lever to its extreme forward position but owing to the momentum the switch y lever will press back the lever 120 until the latter comes in contact with a stop 121. A slight further movement of the carriage causes the switch lever to be moved toits central position (with both pinions 7 3 out of engagement with the rack 74) being pre vented from being moved toits eXtreme forward position by the spring pawl 123 thus bringing the machine to rest to enable the adjustment of a boot or shoe to be effected or completed. To again start the machine the operator depresses a treadle (not shown) which,acting through a chain orequivalent, moves a spring operated lever 122 on which thevpawl V123 is carried and withdraws the latter from its obstructing position in front cf the switch lever permitting the spring catch 120 to act to move said lever and bring the right hand or forward pinion 73 into gear with the rack 74. Y Theextent of forward travel of the carriage is limited by a catch'or Vabutment 123 which is shown pivotally mounted in a slot onthe shaft 124- and which serves to reverse the switch lever as the latter is moved against it. The position of the stcp or abut' ment 123 determines the total length of travel ofthe carriage and roller and this position must be adjusted according to the length of the boots or shoes to be operated on. The-'means for doing'this will be described hereinafter.

-VVhile il do not restrict myself to the particular means to be described for automatically controlling the leveling roller during the operation of the machine so that the several resultshereinbefore set out maybe 1".;

attained, I'willv nonr proceed `to describe,

with reference `to the accompanying drawings, means for the purpose of carrying out this part of my invention.

An upright shaft '77 carried at the rear part of the carriage 50 is pro-vided at its upper end with a crank disk 77a having a .crank pin 78 projecting upward. This Apin engages in a cylindrical block 79 which slid-v ably fits in a correspondingly shaped recess at the rear'end and eccentric to the longitu``v dinal axis of the trunk 48 so that byl rotating the shaft 77 the crank pin 78 will cause the trunk to be rocked or partly rotated on its longitudinal axis. pin is at its extreme right hand or forward position Vand in this position the trunk is held with the axis of the leveling roller horizontal. If now the shaft 77 be rotated clockwise through an angle of 90 the trunk will ybe rotated on its axis and the leveling roller tilted with its left end lowerniost and to the full extent within the capacity of the crank pin. If next the shaft77 vbe rotated through a further angle of 90 the roller will have been brought back to its horizontal position, the next quarter turn of the` shaft tiltingV the roller to its extreme right vhand position and the last quarter turn will wheel 88 and gear 89 mounted on a spindleV 88a. The disk 87 is made with radial slots 86 for the purpose to be hereinafter described.

Fixedv to the shaft 77 is adisk or cylindrical block80 (which blrck and other parts of the mechanism now about to be described are showndetached and 0n an enlarged scale in Figs. 16 to 23) formed with a. recess 81A in which a lever 82 is fitted. The said lever 1s carried on a pivot 83 and is provided near its free end and at one side thereof with pins 84a on which rollers 84 are carried, the

dimensions of said rollers being such that one or the other must project either above or below the block 80.

Mounted on the circumferential flange 80c with which the cylindrical block 80 is formed I provide a ring 91 provided with four pins 92 spaced equally apart. The ring` is adapted to be rotated relatively to the block 80, and one of the pins 92 is formed with an extension 92"L passing through a slot 80a in the ring and connected to a lug 80b In F ig. 5 the crankV navegue' on the 'block 80 by a spring 95 which spring tends to always retain the ring 91-in the position shown in plan in Fig. 17 viz., with its extension 92n against one side of the slot80a. Y

The ring 91-.is` forniedat one part with inclinedgrooves 91a in which `the pins 84 engage the engagement being-such that ifl theparts bein the position shown in Figs. 16 `and 17, the pins 84a and rollers 84 will be held raised with the upper one of the rollers 84 projecting above the top surface of the block 80. Should now the ring 91 be rotatedrelatively to :the block 80 the grooves 91 will cause the pins 84a and rollers 84 to be depressed sov that the lower'roller will beV made to prio] 'ect below Vthe'bottom surfaceV of the block 80.V

The lowerV surfacefof carriage 50 atV thepartvwhere the shaft 77,'block 8O andV ring 91 are vapplied Vis formed with four slots 851spaced equally apart and radiating from the axis on `which the shaft rotates,` said slots being similar to the slots in the disk 87. It will be seen that accordingly as the ringf91 is at one or other end of its Y riage-but in the latter casethe block 804-l being coupled withlthe disk 87-will be made to rotate therewith thereby rotating the shaft 77 and crank pin 78. tfwill also be seen that if the upperroller 84 4is in engagement with one of the slots 85 thepartscannot be disengaged until o ne of the slots 86 of the disk 87 is underthe lower rollerV 84 and vice versa. v .Y The movement of the .lever 82 whereby the rollers 84 are alternately made to engage inthe slots 85, 8G, isnormally.- to be effected automatically. For this purpose I provide a lever 94 carried by arvertical pin 95 which is supported at the rear vend of the carriage 50 and which lever carries a `p'awl 93niade preferably in the formof aspring plungerVV and having one side ofV its projecting endA beveled, Vthe arrangement being such that the` pawl may be Vdepressed so-that its end maiT be substantially iiush with-its'housing:V

The parts are arranged'insuch a position that the pawl may engage with the pins 92 (Fig. 8) and by impartinga rocking movement to the lever 94 in one direction the pawl 98 acting on the pin 92 will partially rotate the ring 91 relatively to the block 80. Inasmuch however as the ring 91 may not be capable at that moment of being moved by reason of a groove 86V not being immediately under the roller 84, the pressure exerted by the pawl must be a yielding pressure and for this purpose I provide a lever 96.alsomounted on ther-'shaft V95 (tdwhich lever the necessary rocking movements are imparted by means to be described) and to which the lever94 is connected by a spring 97 one end of which is connected to a pinV 96jnl on the lever 90 and the other-end of which spring is connected to apin 94a on the lever 94 said `pin passing through a slot inthe lever 96.' For the purpose of rocking the lever 96 I provide a lever 99 mounted on a spindle 100 on the carriage 50 which engages by a pin 101 with a slot 4in the lever 96. The lever 99 is made with a depending arm from which projects a V-shaped lug 98 and on the shaft 124 carried at the side of the machine I provide two abutments 130 and 131 which are in the path of movement fof the lug 98 as the carriage travels forof its forward movement will .be horizontal.

(The roller is now operating on the sole at the forepart of the boot). When the lug 98 comes in contact with and moves up one side of theV abutment 130 (which abutment has been fixed on the shaft 124 in the proper po- Vsition havingrregard to the size of boot to be operated on) the lever 99 will be rocked and its pin 101 will inturn rock the lever` 96. If at that'moment there bel one of the grooves 86 under the lower roller 84 the le- Y vers96 and 94 will move as one and the the lower roller into said groove 86 simultaneouslydisengaging the upper roller fromV the groove 85. The block 80 and Yshaft V77 will now be made to rotate with the disk 87 thereby causing the crank pin7 8 to tilt the roller to one side as already described. This rotary movement ofthe parts will continue until the upper roller is brought into position immediately under the next succeeding groove 85 when the spring 95 connecting the block 80 and ring 91 will instantly operate causing the said ring toV rotate backward relatively to the block 80 and thereby uncouple the disk 80 from the rotating disk 87 and couple it with said groove 85. The disengagementof the roller 84 from one groove 85 and its engagement with the neXt succeeding groove 85 necessitates the rotation of the diska87 through an angle of 90o and `consequently the crank pin 78 will also have been moved through an angle 90o thereby rocking the trunk 48 on its axis and tilting the leveling roller to the :full extent within the capacity of the particular means. The crank pin 78 will hold the leveling roller tilted until the lug 98 comes in contact with he second abutment 131 when the levers 99, 96, and 94 will be again operated in the manner described causing the crank pin to be rotated a further quarter revolution bringing the roller horizontal again. The position of the abutment 131 on the shaft 124A relatively to the stop 128 is to be such that it will operate to effect the turning of the roller to its horizontal position at the same moment that the reversing in the travel of the carriage is effected.

It will be understood from the foregoing that should the grooves 85 or 86 not be in a position to permit the transference or movement of the rollers 84 in the manner described at the instant when the lug 98 contacts with either of theabutments 130 I or 181 the spring 97 will be merely extended so that so soon as the said grooves are in proper position the said spring will immediately operate to eifect the said transference. In order that a groove 86 may be brought under the roller 84 almost instantly after the operation of the ring 91 I may form the rotating disk with eight (more or less) radial grooves whereas there are only four grooves 85 in the carriage. By the foregoing means alternate right and left bootsof that kind in which one side only of the waist is made at an angle are automatically leveled.

In order to enable boots to be leveled in which both sides of the waist are to be acted on withthe leveling roller tilted I provide the rearmost slot or groove 85 (z'. e. the groove at the extreme left of Fig. 5) with a screw 103 or equivalent of a diameter or thickness about equal to the width of the groove and by adjusting said screw or equivalent so that its lower end is flush with the lower surface of the carriage at that part of the upper roller 84 will be prevented entering said groove so that when the lug 98 contacts with the abutment 131 and the block 80 and spindle 77 y are connected with the rotating disk 87 the crank pin 78 will be made to rotate through a half revolution (instead of one quarter) thus bringing the leveling from the extreme tilt at one side to the eXtreme tilt on the other side of the waist of the boot or shoe.

ihen the one side only of the waist of the boot or shoe has to be operated on with the leveling roller tilted, the abutment 130 must be inoperative during the return ourney of the lug 98 as the leveling roller is horizontal and would otherwise be tilted by contact with said abutment. For this purpose 1 pivot the abutment on a pin 183 carried by a bracket adjustable on the shaft- 124 on which pin it will rotate at such time, the

abutment being normally held against a iiange or the like 133a by a spring. When both sides of the waist are to be operated on Vwith the leveling roller inclined the abutment must operate in both directions of movement of the lug 98 and to enable this to be done I provide the abutment 130 with a set screw 132 the tightening up of which will rigidly connect said abutment to its supporting bracket.

The abutments 130, 131 and 123 must be adjustable to adapt the machine forboots and'slioes of diiierentsizes and for this purpose I mount said abutments on the shaft `1241 which is slidably carried in suitable supports on one side of the machine. I also provide a lever 125 one end of which is provided with a pivoted nut engaged by the screw threaded end of a rod 126 Whose outer end is provided with a handwheel 127. The upper end oi' the lever 125 is linked to a bracket or the like fixed to the shaft 1241 by set screws so that the rotation of the handwheel 127 will move-the shaft 124 andthe several abutments carried thereby. The abutment 123 determines the length of travel of the carriage 50 and as this should correspond to the size of boot to be leveled I provide the lever 125 with a segment 128 on which a suitable scale may be marked and I provide a pointer or indicator 129 so as to enable the proper adjustment of the parts to be easily and correctly effected.

rlhe abutment 131 determines the tilting of the roller at the end of its `travel and consequently said abutment will occupy a constant 'position relatively to the abutment 123 as these abutments must operate vsimultaneously. The abutment 130 which determines the initial and in some cases also final tilting of the roller is adjustable on the shaft i 124. as its position relatively to the abutment 131 must vary according to the size of boot tobe leveled.

For the purpose of adapting the machine to level boots or shoes in which neither side of the waist is to be operated on with the leveling roller tilted I provide the lever V96 with an arm 102 and connect this by a chain or otherwise to atreadle (not shown) the depression of which will swing` said lever and the pawl 93 and by retaining said treadle in its depressed positionvby a catch or otherwise the pawl Will be rendered inoperative. Care must be taken that the depression of the said treadle for this purpose is effected when the roller is horizontal as otherwise the roller will be maintained in a tilted position until the parts are released. Instead of a treadle other means such as a hand lever might be employed. In addition to enabling the tilting `mechanism to be thrown out of operation the means described are also useful in that they permit the oper-v y ator at any time during the operationr of the machine toalter orchange the direction of the inclination of the roller. This may be done by actuating the levers 94, 96 lby means of the arm 102 to cause the pawl 93 to bring about a change in the positionof the rollers' 84:, as liei'einbetore described, the said arm being thereupon immediately released. v.The

operator mav thus accomplish at will k(while y the machine is in 1notion).what is automati'- cally and at prescribedtimeseifected by the abutment 130, lug 98, lever 99 and pin 101.

This is useful in that when the operator is adjustinga boot or shoe-'for example when first starting-he may indthat while the* boot he has adjusted is a left one themachine is set to level a right bootand by the meansvdescribed he is enabled to 'change theY direction of the subsequent tilt of the roller. Oi 1t maybe a number of rights or lefts may for some reason have to be leveled successively and to avoid waste of time he canV control is quite' independent of the meansV whereby automatic adjustment is effected'.

For the purpose of rotating the jack carrying table at any time'desired by the opso'H erator to move a jack into position so thatY a boot carried thereby'may be operated on by the leveling roller I provide mechanism to be operated by a constantly moving part of the machine and which mechanism isv coupled to said moving part by the operator momentarily actuating a treadle or'equivalent the rotation'of the table continuing until a jack has been carried intol proper posi! tion relatively to the leveling roller.- As a means for eii'ecting thisI may employ the mechanism now to be described.-l P

` On the trunk of thetable 1 I tix; a'icrown,`

wheel 135which is engaged bya'pinionf1'36 mounted at one end'of a shaft137 carriedVv in bearing on the main frame and located under the table. The other end of said shaft carries a friction disk 138 which forms one member of a friction coupling whereby the.,

required rotary movementis to be imparted to the table. Adjacent to and in axial alineinent with the shaft 137 I provide a similar and also suitably supportedzshaft 140 which carries the other'member`139 of the fric-y tion coupling and which "shaft in addition to rotary movement is capable of having slight longitudinal movement imparted to it for the purpose of'putting the disks 138,

139, into or out oi' engagement.` The shaft 14.0 is'constantly rotated and for this pur pose may beprovided with a driving pulley f 141 deriving motion from any convenienty source. Mounted on theshaft 1410 but not to isa,V

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Vrotate therewith andv confined between the shaft and normally hold itin its raisedV position and to rotate it in a direction that its gear teeth acting on those of the sleeve 142 will force the disk 139 against the disk 138. The upper end of the shaft 143 is provided with a hook 145a adapted to engage with a stud or any one of a series of studs 145 fixed to the undersideof the table 1. There is Y one such stud for each jack carried by the table and it or they are so positioned that when engaged (as shown in Figs. 14 Vand 15) by the hook 145a the relative jack will be in proper position for the leveling roller to act on a boot` thereon and the disk 139 will be held out of engagement with the disk 138. The free end of the hook 145a is formed with a cam surface and the lower end of the shaft 143 is connected by a chain 146 or equivalent to a. treadleV or other suitable operating means. If by momentarily depressing a treadle or by any other suitable means the Voperator mementa'rily pulls on the chain 146, theshaft 143 will be pulled down by it causing its hook 145a to move from o the stud 145 thereby releasing the table, and simultaneously the spring 147 will rotate the shaft 143 Vto cause the disk 139 to engage the disk 138 to rotate the table. This position of the parts and conse-A 1 is brought around when said stud acting" on the cam surface of the hook 145a will push the hook back so that the stud may be engaged by the hook and the movement of said hook will simultaneously throw the disk 139 out of engagementwith the disk 138.

1t will be understood that if desired the machine may have two or more leveling rollers such as described to enable two or more operatives to work simultaneously on the same machine. j

What claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is Y 1. A sole leveling machine comprising a single vibrating leveling roller, a plurality of shoe-supporting jacks, means operated by the machine at the will of the operator whereby the jacks are successively moved into and out of position to present alternately a right and a left shoe to be operated on by the said roller, and automatically operating means adjustable by the operator for tilting the roller at the proper time to one side, in operating on the shank portion :of a rightshoe and to the other side in operating on the shank portion of a left shoe.

j 2. A sole leveling machine having a single leveling roller, a plurality of shoe-supporting jacks, means whereby the jacks are successively moved into and out of position to present the boot or shoe to be operated on by said roller, and automatically operating `roller-controlling means adjustable by Ythe-operator to determine whether and when the said roller shall be made to tilt during the next succeeding operation of the machine.

3. A roll leveling machine having a single leveling roller, a plurality of shoe-supporting jacks means whereby said jacks may be successively moved into and out of position to present the boot or shoe to be operated on by said roller, means to impart to said roller a movement rst in one direction and then in the opposite direction longitudinally of said boot or shoe, and automatically operating roller-controlling means adjustable by the operator to determine whether and when the said roller shall be made toV tilt during its movement in the one direction and whether and when said roller shall be made to tilt during its movement in the 0pposite direction longitudinally of the boot or shoe.

4. A sole leveling machine having a leveling roller, a jack to support the boot or shoe, means to impart to the roller and the jack movements relatively to each other in the direction longitudinally of the boot or shoe, means to tilt the roller, means whereby the machine automatically sets in operation the means to tilt the roller, and means whereby `the operator may set in operation the said means to tilt the roller independently of said automatic means.

5. A sole leveling machine having a leveling roller, a jack to support the boot or shoe, means to impart to the roller and the jack movements relatively to each other in the direction longitudinally of the boot or shoe, means to tilt the roller, means adjustable by the operator whereby the machine automatically sets in operation the means to tilt the roller and means under the control of the operator whereby to set in operation the said vmeans to tilt the roller independently of said automatic means.

6. In a sole leveling machine, the combination of a leveling roller, a trunk on which an arm carrying the said roller is pivotally supported, a carriage on which the said trunk is mounted so that said trunk can slide longitudinally to a small extent and be rocked relatively to the said carriage, means travel from end to end of its path of operation, means ffor reoproenting `the said trunk to impartvshort 'vibratory movements to the cally operating roller-controlling means adjustable by the operator to determine Wherether `amel when the said roller shall tbe made to tilt du-rn'gthe lnextfsue'ceeng op-j Lr erationvof the maohine.- l Y v Y' In testimony whereofv I :have signed my 11a-meto this `specification -i'n the presence of Y two subscribing Witnesses. i

, MARK THOMAS DENNE.V

Vltnesses: i Y l VV-ALTER W. BALL, Y n Y H F. HOOD* Y Copies ot this patent may be obtained for five-cents each, byaddressing' `the Commissioner ofia'tents,

Washingtonfl). C. 

